Former Top CIA Lawyer Under Investigation -- National JournalThe Justice Department is probing whether John Rizzo revealed classified information during Newsweek interview.
The Justice Department is investigating whether a former top U.S. intelligence official, John Rizzo, improperly disclosed classified information about the CIA's drone campaign, one of the spy agency's most secretive and politically sensitive programs.
People familiar with the matter say that the CIA's general counsel’s office opened the probe in March, shortly after Newsweek published an article in which Rizzo -- who had retired in 2009 after serving as the CIA’s acting general counsel -- outlined an array of specific details about how CIA officials choose terrorists for drone strikes and which American officials sign off on actually carrying them out.
The existence of the investigation hasn’t previously been reported.
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Update: Former CIA General Counsel Is in the Crosshairs in Leak Probe -- Newsweek
My Comment: The possibility that John Rizzo .... once one of the most powerful lawyers in the government who is now facing the possibility of jail time .... is both startling and an eye opening situation. I still do not expect this to go to trial, but it is a warning for future government officials to be very careful on what they say to reporters.